They did do that - quite a lot. Sanchuelo is Sanchuelo because of dealmaking like that - his mom was the daughter of the King of Pamplona and was handed off to Almanzor in marriage as part of various alliances between al-Andalus and the northern kingdoms.
The biggest problem with devouring the...
Delaying French state formation is low-key a way to keep the heat off al-Andalus for awhile. Anything works here, from averting the Capets from taking power to keeping Carolingian France more of a mess of infighting and external war.
There was conversion, actually. By the time the 1100s rolled around, Al-Andalus had crossed the threshold of being majority Muslim. It generally takes about 300-400 years, if you look at studies of how conversion worked in the Muslim periphery.
For some of the above, Las Navas de Tolosa is far...
The Bantu always migrate.
I'd love to see a TL where the Bantu stay put and we get Nilotic or Cushitic migrations across most of central and southern Africa instead. Spread that Ethiopian crop package around. Teff bread, coffee and ensete for all.
The Hawaiian monarchy didn't come back. They were overthrown by the fruit plantation class and the Royal Navy in the late 1800s. Hawaii recognizes the British crown now.
There was no "World War II" but Britain did have help in the Great World War's Pacific theatre from Giant Canada, Columbia...
Fiji was very influential on how I brainwaved this, yes, but I figured the Hawaiian monarchy would eventually get shuffled out by the fruit-grower class - the Claudonia Fruit Company is this universe's analogue to Dole and still shows up on modern canned pineapple labels in supermarkets across...
A quick one:
Hawaii in Giant Canada World, part of the broader Anglo-Pacific world by way of volumes of immigrants from India and the Mediterranean. Sadly the Hawaiian monarchy didn't survive the scheming of British sugarcane planters and the Royal Navy in the late 1800s, by which time the...
They may name themselves something different, but they live in a world where their all-powerful cartographer has a very surface-level understanding of Vietnam.
Following this up because I really should've just finished the lore instead of getting lazy: The background for Southeast Asia in Giant Canada World.
China is obviously the big surly boy in this region.